is action that we support. what we now need to hear from the prime minister is the scope, the basis, the full reasoning behind the decision that he took and, of course, the question of whether more action may be needed and what processes will be put in place. so that statement should be this afternoon and i'd be expecting the prime minister to answer those questions. so what's the reality about britain's capabilities? our security correspondent frank gardner gave us his analysis of the defence secretary's speech. it was a quite sort of churchillian speech, i think. anyone would think we had this incredibly powerful navy. but the fact is that our navy is tiny these days compared to what it used to be, and tiny compared to the the multiple threats that it faces. it's not big enough to do all the tasks that's needed. there is no sign of the queen elizabeth. we've got these massively expensive